Wikipedia's first sentence called it “very large conservative jewish synagogue in highland park”. Today it says “conservative jewish congregation and synagogue”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Conservative Jewish synagogue”. It now reads “Conservative Jewish synagogue in Highland Park, Illinois”.
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Conservative Jewish synagogue in Highland Park, Illinois For similarly named synagogues, see Beth-El . North Suburban Synagogue Beth El is a Conservative Jewish congregation and synagogue , located on a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) campus overlooking Lake Michigan at 1175 Sheridan Road in Highland Park , a northern suburb of Chicago , Illinois , in the United States. Beth El was founded in 1946 following a series of parlor meetings in Glencoe, Illinois , initiated by Benjamin and Gertrude Harris. The synagogue was incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation in July 1947 with Arnold P. Natenberg as its first president. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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It was founded in 1948 shortly after World War II. Originally a converted Lakeside mansion, it has been greatly expanded over the decades with major new buildings including a very large Hebrew School. Prominent conservative rabbi Vernon Kurtz serves as head rabbi .
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Conservative Jewish synagogue For similarly named synagogues, see Beth-El .North Suburban Synagogue Beth El is a large Conservative Jewish synagogue .It is located on a 6-1/2 acre campus overlooking Lake Michigan at 1175 Sheridan Road in Highland Park, Illinois .Beth El was founded in 1946 following a series of parlor meetings in Glencoe, Illinois , initiated by Benjamin and Gertrude Harris.The synagogue was incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation in 1947 with Arnold P.Natenberg as its first president.
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very large conservative jewish synagogue in highland park
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conservative jewish congregation and synagogue
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